Daily Word Quiz
GIXY a) a giddy, frivolous girl; a lively lass, a wanton woman b) a skating ring with ice artificially produced c) a glance suggestive of sexual desire d) a start from a fright; a sudden shock Answer below. Today's Featured Word TOOTSICUM NOUN a small foot ...1856 jocular ETYMOLOGY a whimsical expansion of 'tootsy' - a child's or a woman's small foot FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1856 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...The brutality of connecting in any way such words with the feminine Tootsicums, needs no comment." From: Punch, or The London Charivari By: "Shocking Result of Wearing Indian-Rubber Goloshes on the Sands." Oct. 4, 1856 Daily Word Quiz Answer GIXY a) a giddy, frivolous girl; a lively lass; a wanton woman ...1611 obs.
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